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UNSC calls for emergency session on DPRK's ballistic missile launch

NEW YORK, Feb 7 (KUNA) -- UN Security Council called members for an emergency consultations on Sunday following Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea's (DPRK) launch of a ballistic missile.
The Department of Political Affairs' Chief Jeffery Feltman is scheduled to brief the council that is led this month by Venezuela, in response to the new violation of the resolution imposed on DPRK.
On Sunday, a long-range rocket blasted off from Tongchang-ri from North Korea's west coast.
Earlier this month, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon the (DPRK) to refrain from using ballistic missile technology and work for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
The UN has seen several reports that the DPRK notified several international organizations of its intention to launch a satellite in the coming weeks. Therefore, Ban affirmed that this is a deeply troubling development, and will further aggravate the profound concerns that the international community already has in the wake of the recent nuclear test.(end) mao.tg